imaginer

English

Etymology

to imagine + -er.

Noun

imaginer (plural imaginers)

1. One who imagines (something).
   • 2007 March 18, Terrence Rafferty, “Ice Men”:

     Although Simmons, as a professional purveyor of horror and fantasy, is no dim imaginer, he has his work cut out for him.

Anagrams

• migraine, regimina

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

imaginer

1. to imagine

Conjugation

   Conjugation of imaginer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		imaginer			avoir imaginé
gerund		en imaginant			en ayant imaginé
present participle		imaginant
past participle		imaginé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	imagine	imagines	imagine	imaginons	imaginez	imaginent
	imperfect	imaginais	imaginais	imaginait	imaginions	imaginiez	imaginaient
	past historic1	imaginai	imaginas	imagina	imaginâmes	imaginâtes	imaginèrent
	future	imaginerai	imagineras	imaginera	imaginerons	imaginerez	imagineront
	conditional	imaginerais	imaginerais	imaginerait	imaginerions	imagineriez	imagineraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	imagine	imagines	imagine	imaginions	imaginiez	imaginent
	imperfect1	imaginasse	imaginasses	imaginât	imaginassions	imaginassiez	imaginassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	imagine	—	imaginons	imaginez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• imagination

Anagrams

• migraine

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Latin

Verb

imāginer

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of imāginor

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Old French

Etymology

Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Verb

imaginer

1. to examine; to look at
2. to depict in the form of an image
3. to contemplate; to think about

Descendants

• English: imagine (borrowed)
• French: imaginer

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881)